Thursday, April 17, 2008

vocabulary!!

Q: I’ve always wondered what other people do when they come across a word/phrase that they’ve never heard before. I mean, do they jot it down on paper so they can look it up later, or do they stop reading to look it up on the dictionary/google it or do they just continue reading and forget about the word?

A: Uhm, yes I am the breeze-right-through-it person. I try to figure it out by context, but I am too lazy to look words up in a dictionary! I tend to not really even think twice about it if I don't get it, then I don't get it...no worries.

I actually know someone who does sit there with a dictionary and he literally stops every couple of pages even if he knows what the word means, but it interested in the dictionary definition of it!!! That is my hubby, not me. I am the opposite.

There have been some that I've read in the past with a dictionary very close, but I think my vocabulary has gotten stronger. When I was studying for the GRE I had 3 spirals full of vocab words that I learned and see pretty frequently. But other than that...too lazy! :)